2009 Hinckley forums photo gallery
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October 21, 2009: 1989: The Year that Changed Europe- and the World with
The Honorable Balázs Bokor, Consul General of the Republic of Hungary in Los Angeles.

October 21, 2009: Global Citizenship with Adrian Wride,  Student Leader, Bennion Center; Judy Zone, Executive Director, YouthLINC; and Howard Lehman, Professor, Political Science Department. Presented by – The Lowell Community Service Center.

October 21, 2009: Should Incentives Be Used to Increase the Human Organ Supply with Leslie Francis, Distinguished Professor of Law and Philosophy
Alfred C. Emery Professor of Law; and Sally Satel, M.D. author, When Altruism Isn’t Enough: The Case for Compensating Kidney Donors.

October 20, 2009: Finding Your Political Voice, Your Purpose Your Passion Patricia (Patti) Russo, First Vice President, The Women’s Campaign School, Yale University.

October 9, 2009: Making a Difference through Service and Humanitarian Outreach: Working with Leper Outcasts in India with Becky Douglas, Founder of Rising Star Outreach and Padma Venkataraman, 2009 International Humanitarian of the Year; founding-member, Women’s India Association; President, UN Women’s Guild. Co-sponsor – The Lowell Community Service Center

October 5, 2009: U.S. and Chinese Relations with The Honorable Zhou Wenzhong, Chinese Ambassador to the United States. Co-sponsor - The Tanner Humanities Center

September 29, 2009: The Fair Boundaries Initiative – Redistricting Reform in Utah with Tania Knauer, Program Director, Fair Boundaries, and Merrill Nelson, Attorney, Co-sponsor of the initiative.

September 24, 2009: Sarah Palin and Alaska: Past, Present and Future with Clive S. Thomas, Professor, Political Science, University of Alaska Southeast.

September 23, 2009: Rising China and it’s Postmodern Fate with Charles Horner, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Washington D.C.

September 22, 2009: Same Sex Marriage – Legal Argument Update with  Will Carlson, Manager of Public Policy, Equality Utah, and Bill Duncan, Director, The Marriage Law Foundation.

September 17, 2009: From Civility to Integral Politics: A New Political Movement with John Kesler,  Attorney; Founder and Director, Salt Lake Center
for Engaging Community.

September 16, 2009: Service and Politics of Hunger with Lori Kowaleski-Jones, Associate Professor, Family and Consumer Studies; Shelia Walsh-McDonald, Community Action Program; and Rebecca Van Maren, Bennion Center Student, Family and Consumer Studies major. Presented by – The Lowell Bennion Community Service Center

September 10, 2009: 60th Anniversary of U.S. – Jordanian Diplomatic Relations with His Excellency Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein,
Jordanian Ambassador to the U.S.

September 10, 2009: Charting the Ethical Path with Governor Frank Keating (OK-R) 1994-2002 Co-sponsor - The J. Willard Marriott Library’s - September
Project - Hinckley Institute of Politics Fellow.

April 20, 2009: The Promise of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness withChief Justice Christine M. Durham,Lt. Governor Gary Herbert, Senator Ross Romero, and Professor Scott Matheson, Jr. (moderator) S.J. Quinney College of Law. In Recognition of Law Day - A Legacy of Liberty: Celebrating Lincoln's Bicentennial .

April 15, 2009: How Will the Global Economic Recession Impact Your Experience at the U? with John Francis, Associate Vice President, Academic Affairs, U of U, Bill Barnhart, Director, International Center, U of U, and
Mary Anne Berzins (moderator) Associate Vice President, Human Resources, U of U - Presented by the Students Globalize, International Leadership Academy

April 10, 2009: U.S. - Egypt Relations with Hesham Elnakib, Consul General of Egypt in San Francisco.

April 3, 2009: Torture & Rendition with David Irvine, Brigadier General (retired) Army Reserve Strategic Intelligence Officer who taught prisoner interrogation and military law for 18 years with the Sixth Army Intelligence School.

April 1, 2009: Brazil-U.S. Relations: Bilateral, Regional and Global Agendaswith Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Ambassador of Brazil to the United States.

March 26, 2009: The Challenges of President Obama and The New World with Joseph Kahn, Deputy Foreign Editor, The New York Times.

March 26, 2009: Preventive War in Theory and Practice with Jack Levy, Board of Governors' Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University, and Senior Associate, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University Rutgers University. Ambassador John & Marcia Price Lecture Series in American Foreign Policy and Conference on Grand Strategy in the Interwar Years

March 26, 2009: What Health Care Reform Will Look Like: The Perspective Within the Beltway with John Poelman, Research Analyst, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Health Policy Division, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Presented by the Representative Rob Bishop Civic Engagement Fund.

March 25, 2009: Service, Politics and the Environment with Jessi Carrier, U of U Student, Jen Colby, Sustainability Coordinator, Office of Sustainability, Jason Groenewold, HEAL Utah, and Drew Thompson (moderator) Bennion Center Student. Presented by – The Bennion Community Service Center

March 23, 2009: 15th Anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide: Perspectives from a Survivor and a Prosecutor with Louis Gakumba, Rwandan Genocide Survivor, and Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper, War Crimes Prosecutor,
UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (1996-98); Member, UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

March 13, 2009: Legislative Wrap-Up with Senator Patricia Jones, President Michael Waddoups, Speaker David Clark, Representative David Litvack, and Dan Jones (moderator) -Presented by the Representative Rob Bishop Civic Engagement Fund

March 11, 2009: Riding the Global Economic Challenges - Hong Kong'sStimulus Plan with Donald Tong, JP, Hong Kong Commissioner for Economic and Trade Affairs, USA. Co-sponsors – The Confucius Institute, The Asia Center, The David Eccles School of Business.

March 5, 2009: U.S. – South Africa Relations with  His Excellency Welile Nhlapo, Ambassador to the U.S. for South Africa.

February 27, 2009: Transparency in Government Initiative with Mayor Ralph Becker, Salt Lake City, Joel Campbell, Associate Professor, Department of Communications, Brigham Young University, Senator Wayne Neiderhauser, Utah State Senat, Ed Rutan, Salt Lake City Attorney.

February 20, 2009: Student Awareness: An Analysis of Budget Cuts in
Higher Education, with Paul Brinkman, Associate V.P. for Budget and Planning
University of Utah. Dave Buhler, Assistant Commissioner for Public Education, Utah System of Higher Education,Jason Perry, Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development,Pam Perlich, Sr, Research Economics Bureau of Economics & Business Research, U of U

February 20, 2009: Presidential Constitutionalism in Perilous Times, A review by the author: Scott M. Matheson, Jr., Professor, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah.

February 19, 2009: A Dialogue Series on Human Rights and Equity: Common Ground Initiative, with Elaine Ball, Co-founder, PRIDE In Your Community, Rev. Tom Goldsmith, First Unitarian Church, Cliff Rosky, Associate Professor, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah, Mike Thompson, Executive Director of Equality Utah, Kilo Zamora MSW (moderator) Executive Director, Inclusion Center.

February 18, 2009: Service, Politics, and Literacy, with Terrilyn Black, America Read Member, Janice A. Dole, Professor of Education at the University of Utah, Janet Kaufman, Professor of English at University of Utah. Presented by – The Bennion Community Service Center

February 6, 2009: Legal Arguments for & Against Same-Sex Marriage? with Will Carlson, Manager of Public Policy, Equality Utah, and Bill Duncan, Director, The Marriage Law Foundation.

January 20, 2009: Health Care Delivery in Africa, with Isaac Nyamongo. Fulbright Lecturer at Colby-Sawyer College, New Hampshire,
Director of the Institute of African Studies University of Nairobi.